AsiaLENS: AEMS Documentary Film and Discussion Series at the Spurlock 2015–2016: Cotton Road
- Event Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2015
- Time: 7:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Cost: Free Admission
Cotton Road
Directed by Laura Kissel. 2014. 72 minutes. In Chinese and English with English subtitles.
Americans consume nearly 20 billion new items of clothing each year. Yet few of us know how our clothes are made, much less who produces them. Cotton Road follows the commodity of cotton from South Carolina farms to Chinese factories to illuminate the work and industrial processes in the global supply chain.
Winner of the Fork in the Road award at GreenTopia Film Festival 2015.
This series of public film screenings and lecture/discussion programs is organized by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) at the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. It is planned in collaboration with the Spurlock Museum and presented in the Knight Auditorium. Guest scholars and members of the campus and local communities will introduce the films and lead post-screening audience discussions.
Contact
For further information you can contact AEMS (external link) at aems@illinois.edu (email link), or call (217) 333-9597.
To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.